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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Powerful storms tore roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in a small town in Oklahoma and threatened more communities across the country Tuesday with weather ranging from fi

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Before: re in the Southern High Plains to blizzards in the Midwest.

Dust storms blinded drivers in the Southwest, tornadoes were possible in the South and blizzard conditions descended on the Central Plains.

In New Orleans, high winds were forcing some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The city moved up and shortened the celebration’s two biggest parades, hoping to wrap them up before high winds moved in.

The
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“We was coming out rain, sleet or snow,” Jones said.

The alarming weather expected Tuesday could be one of the first big tests for the National Weather Service after hundreds of forecasters were fired last week as part of President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the size of

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Storms that swept through Texas and Oklahoma early Tuesday morning brought high winds and rain, overturning tractor-trailers and damaging roofs. Power outages were climbing Tuesday morning in the storm’s wake, with nearly 400,000 customers without power in Texas and another 25,000 knocked offline in Oklahoma, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.

In the 16,000-resident city of Ada, Oklahoma, where the apartment and nursing home roofs wer

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Before: e torn away, the damage indicates there was likely a tornado that touched down early Tuesday morning as a line of powerful thunderstorms rumbled across the state, said Bruce Thoren, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Gusts up to 85 mph were recorded in the area, he said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, said Jeff Rollins, the emergency management director in the nearby town of Byng, who was assisting Ada.

The week’s strong
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The dust storms brought near-zero visibility to parts of New Mexico and west Texas on Monday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue Dust Storm Warnings.

The Central Plains and Midwest were bracing for blizzard conditions later Tuesd

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Before: teout conditions across the state and urged travelers to adjust their plans for Tuesday afternoon and into the night.

On Tuesday, twisters, damaging winds and large hail were all possible as the strong storm system began moving across the nation’s midsection into Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the federal Storm Prediction Center warned. Tornado watches and warnings were issued Tuesday morning in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.

The bullseye for a heightened risk of severe
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Nationwide, nearly 400 flights scheduled to travel through the U.S. on Tuesday were canceled, according to FlightAware.com, which tracks delays and cancellations. Airports in Dallas had canceled the most flights among U.S. airports.

Reg

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New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick ordered parade-goers to not bring umbrellas, tents or “anything that could fly in the wind and cause mayhem.”

Just outside New Orleans in neighboring Jefferson Parish, officials canceled planned Mardi Gras Day parades due to anticipated high winds and thunderstorms.

Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could “blow down trees and power lines,” the Na

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Before: tional Weather Service warned, adding gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) were expected Tuesday afternoon.

In Pointe Coupee Parish, near Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, the incoming
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Officials also moved up the start time and urged residents to immediately remove all tents and trash afterward “due to the dangers they can present during weather.”

Other cities with Mardi Gras parades watching forecasts

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Before: Y) — The New Hanover Disaster Coalition is encouraging residents to begin preparing for hurricane season ahead of a community preparedness event this weekend.

The group will host a Disaster Preparedness Expo on Saturday, May 16, at the Skyline Center in Wilmington.

Organizers say the event will connect residents with emergency management agencies, local organizations, and preparedness resources focused on severe
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Craig Harris, the Emergency Management and Resiliency Coordinator for the City of Wilmington, said the expo is intended to help people better understand how to respond throughout every stage of a storm.

“The event is really to help people get more prepared before the storm, during the storm, and after the storm,” Harris said.

Janel Washington,

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